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<br />OQ0232 <br /> <br />')'1 I) 6 Ii I <br />~~~~\ i-1t \ <br />?,~c, <br /> <br />~~? }P~ \ /r sr"l. <br />... (), ~ <br />\ ,~\ <br />; . \ . <br />,\ : I 1 t\ <br />w vJlfl ~ <br />: &~ Ji^'- <br /> <br /> <br />10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. (+or-) \ I .~ <br />September 20, 2004 .jiJ ~\V' fiV <br />Denver Airport Marriott Hotel at Gateway Park / Y.lI <br />16,455 East, 40th Circle. p .v-I-, tt/1 r <br />Aurora, Colorado 80011 ;IJ .YJ <br />Phone 303-371-4333 /II ~ ~ <br /> <br />Continental Divide Room, Section A tIlV <br /> <br />UPPER COWRADO RIVER COMMISSION~ <br />WORK MEETING ~ <br />LEGAL COMMITTEE MEETING <br />ENGINEERING COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> <br />(;i~f'Z. PROPOSED AGENDA <br /> <br /> <br />~iew status of Upper Basin reservoir storage, projections and slatus of <br />/1. r€::uniSSion request for an April review of the Annual Operating Plan <br />,I a. September 2004 24-Month Study <br />1'''\ \11 b. Position to be taken at September 24,2004 Colo_ River Management Work Group <br />Meeting <br />c. Communications with Lower Basin State representatives <br /> <br />2. Discussion of Uppel" Basin legal and technical basis for reducing releases from Glen <br />Canyon below 8.23 MAF per year <br />a. Mexican warer treaty extraordinary drought and shortage sharing <br />b. 1/2 of the deficiency of surplus waters supplied to or within the Lower Basin in <br />meeting the Mexican requirement of 1.5 maf/yr <br />i. How is "surplus'\ defined. How is it measured? \\!hat data do we need to <br />collect to prove this point? Should we collect the data? <br />c. Delivery of 75,000,000 ac-ft over 10 years <br />i. We are at a 10 yr average now of 10,063.565 ac-ft. If releases are limited to <br />7,500,000 ac-ft we can go until the yr. 2008 before the 10 yr. avg. is down to <br />8,428,977 ac-ft. What are the pro's and con's of invoking the 10 yr <br />average? <br />d. Curtailment of releases to protect Upper Basin uses within their basic <br />apportionment <br />e. Curtailment of releases to the Lower Basin that are not being used for <br />present consumptive uses <br />f. Next steps <br /> <br />3. Discussion of Lo"Wer Basin potential legal position against reduced releases <br />a. Review of privileged legal memoranda of February 23, 1993 and July 13,2004 <br />b. Research concerning interpretation and litigation of other compacts <br />c. Means of implementing Lake Powell release reductions <br />d. Next steps <br />1 <br />